Kim Jong Il was to have ascended to the North Korean Presidency after the death of his father, Kim Il-sung, on July 8, 1994. This would have marked the first hereditary transfer of power in a Marxist, communist state. Two months after his father's death, Kim Jong Il still had not been announced as the head of state and had not been seen in public. Kim Jong Nam, who was 45 or 46, was the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Kim was carrying $100,000 in cash at the time of his death, which a prominent Japanese newspaper reported was a payoff for a meeting he had just prior to the attack with an agent connected to the CIA. (19 Dec 2011) 1. Wide of crowd gathering at statue of former leader (and Kim Jong Il's father) Kim Il Sung at Mansu Hill2. Crowd with heads bowed3. Mid of wo Kim Jong-Nam, (born May 10, 1971, P'yŏngyang, North Korea—died February 13, 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), North Korean scion who was the eldest son of Kim Jong Il, ruler (1994-2011) of North Korea.Although he was widely expected for many years to succeed his father, he fell out of favour and went into exile. He was assassinated in an airport in Kuala Lumpur. A 29-year-old North Korean woman committed suicide in Paris, France last month; intelligence sources have confirmed that she was a niece of Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader. The incident was another incident in a series of turbulent lives of women associated with North Korea's ruling dynasty. Jang Kum-song, who was studying in Paris, was found in August by her chauffeur and her maid two The immediate cause of the North Korean famine was the widespread flooding in August 1995 that destroyed much of the nation's rice crop. and, on rare occasions—principally major holidays such as Kim Il Sung's and later Kim Jong Il's birthday—meat was also distributed. The amount of grain allowed depended on occupation and status Kim Han Sol. The 22-year-old is the eldest son of Kim Jong Nam and grandson of Kim Jong II. Kim Han Sol is one of the few remaining bloodlines to the Kim hereditary dynasty and has been on the run When Kim Il Sung died in 1994, his eldest son, Kim Jong Il, inherited power. Kim Jong Un is the third and youngest son of Kim Jong Il and assumed power upon his father's death in 2011. During Kim Il Sung's rule, many outside experts viewed Kim Yong Ju as the North's second most powerful official or even his brother's heir apparent. Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, dies. On December 17, 2011, Kim Jong Il, North Korea's enigmatic, reclusive dictator, dies of a heart attack while reportedly traveling on a train in his country. The decision to preserve Kim Jong-il was made to show "the unanimous desire and ardent request" of the party to hold Kim Jong-il in high esteem "as the eternal leader of the party", the KCNA NSgX0.